OHIO ADVOCATES ATTEND PREVENT BLINDNESS 9TH ANNUAL

7/8/2014, 10:10 a.m.

Columbus, OH (July 7, 2014) – Prevent Blindness representatives, Rick Bunner (Zanesville), Kathleen McGinnis (Worthington) and Sherry Williams (Columbus), served as the Ohio Affiliate’s delegates to the 9th annual “Eyes on Capitol Hill” campaign in Washington, D.C. on June 19th. They joined Prevent Blindness delegates from across the country to meet with Congressional leaders and their staff to discuss vision care issues.

Thanks to the offices of Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman and Representatives Pat Tiberi, Steve Stivers, David Joyce and Tim Ryan for their interest in learning more about eye health and safety issues that affect their constituents.

For more information:http://ohio.preventblindness.org/prevent-blindness-annual-eyes-capitol-hill

About Prevent Blindness

Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. The Ohio Affiliate of Prevent Blindness is Ohio’s leading volunteer nonprofit public health organization dedicated to prevent blindness and preserve sight. We serve all 88 Ohio counties, providing direct services to more than 800,000 Ohioans annually and educating millions of consumers about what they can do to protect and preserve their precious gift of sight. For more information or to make a contribution, call 800-301-2020. Or, visit us on the web at www.pbohio.org or facebook.com/pbohio and Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/PB_Ohio.